“they will pick up serpents, and if they drink any deadly poison, it will not hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.”
Picked up any serpents lately? Ignored the poison signs on bottles? Visited a hospital and healed the sick?
I believe God gives gifts IAW His will, as needed for His purpose - not ours. I don’t believe gifts have ceased, but neither do I believe they are as omnipresent as some Pentecostals suggest.
I’ve unwittingly ingested some pretty awful stuff over the years—and been none the worse for wear.
And, I’ve prayed for folks who were healed.
Yes, Holy Spirit distributes as HE will.
True about the extreme positions, but to be honest to pentecostals, most I have met both in real life and on this forum do not say the latter. Even the Oneness Pentecostals (and there is a deep in faith Oneness Pentecostal in Zuriel) do not make it to be "omnipresent".
I think we non-Pentecostals may be misled by articles posted on the net that give us the gory idea of Pentecostals (just as many are misled by propaganda pieces against Methodists, Catholics, even Baptists)